The night was dark and the wind was high, and the crescent moon cast a few leady white brilliance from the mottled shadows of the trees, and the north wind whistled violently against the bare branches, crushing the large shadows of the moon.

The prison in Mizhi County is on duty again tonight.

When the time had just arrived, a black shadow dressed in a night suit tiptoed close to the county jail, looked back, saw that there was no one behind him, and gently knocked on the corner door three times, one long and two short.

The corner door squeaked and opened a crack, and the man in black didn't speak, but got into the door, and the corner door quickly closed.

"Double Happiness, are you ready?"

"Don't worry, everything is ready, does my second uncle know?"

"I just told him!"

The lights and candles in the prison were suddenly blown out, and there was a sudden darkness.

Gao Ligong took advantage of the darkness to touch Li Hongji's cell, untied the key from his waist, opened the cell door, Li Guo rushed in, with the assistance of Gao Ligong, picked up Li Hongji and left, and disappeared into the night in an instant, Gao Ligong untied all the keys to the cell around his waist, threw it on the wooden chair, and disappeared into the darkness.

The whistling north wind was cold and terrifying, and Li Hongji couldn't help but shiver.

Because Li Guo was carrying a weight on his back and walking fast, not only was he not cold, but he was also sweating hot, "Second uncle, is it cold?" ”

"One thing, it's okay." Li Hongji replied in a low voice.

"Second Uncle bear with me first, I'll be here in a while!"

At this time, Gao Ligong caught up from behind, "Double happiness, let me come, right?" ”

"No need," Li Guo was already slightly panting, but his pace did not slow down at all, "It will take a long time to change shoulders, it is better to hurry out of the city, and the meritorious service should stay behind, in case you meet someone, it is better to take cover!" ”

Gao Ligong stopped talking, and followed not far or close.

After a while, the three of them came to the north city wall, because they were worried that there were defenders at the city gate, they chose a position away from the city gate, Li Guo put down Li Hongji and let him lie down against the city wall.

Gao Ligong, who caught up later, untied the thick rope around his waist, first made a circle, put it on the battlements of the daughter wall, and then wrapped the other end of the rope around Li Hongji's armpit and tied a dead knot, "Hongji, let's let you go down first!" ”

Li Guo looked back and saw that there were no pedestrians in the dark shadow behind him, so he and Gao Ligong carried Li Hongji outside the daughter wall, and then slowly lowered the rope, and the tightened rope suddenly loosened, and Gao Ligong's face was happy.

He glanced at Li Guo, "I'll go first, and Shuangxi will take care of it later." ”

"Hmm!" Li Guo agreed softly.

Gao Ligong rode to his daughter's wall, moved his body out of the wall, clutched the rope with both hands, and slowly descended, and when he was close to the ground, he jumped hard so as not to step on Li Hongji.

"Hongji, how's it going? Can it hold on? Gao Ligong untied the rope around Li Hongji's waist and shook the rope, which was to tell Li Guo that he had come down.

"I'm fine, meritorious service, hard work!" Li Hongji was lying on the ground, the inflammation of the wound on his buttocks had not subsided, and he could not lie down for the time being, let alone stand.

After Li Guo came down, he hugged Li Hongji to Gao Ligong's back, and this time it should be Gao Ligong's back.

Li Hongji was not at ease, "Meritorious, double happiness, the rope is still on the wall, will the government follow this clue to find us?" ”

"It's okay, there are often thieves in the city, and it is also common to enter and exit the city wall at night, Hongji doesn't have to care." Gao Ligong is a jailer in the city, and the matter is all too familiar.

The three of them didn't say anything again, Gao Ligong carried Li Hongji in front, Li Guo followed behind, and walked for several miles in one breath, and a forest faintly appeared under the hazy moonlight.

Gao Ligong put down Li Hongji and let him lie on the ground, but Li Guo touched into the woods and came over with a slab, "Fortunately, it's still there, otherwise I don't know when I will carry it!" He went into the woods again, brought back a pair of wheels, tinkered with them a few times, and installed the flatbed and wheels, which turned out to be a flatbed truck commonly used by local people, probably to make Li Hongji more comfortable, and there was a worn-out quilt on the flatbed.

"Yours are yours!" Li Hongji praised it, of course, he can't do anything now except praise.

"Hehe, it's all a meritorious idea!" Li Guo smiled, and at the same time, he and Gao Ligong lifted Li Hongji onto the flatbed truck and let him take a comfortable position.

Li Guo pulled up the handle of the flatbed car and was about to pull the car, Gao Ligong grabbed it, "Shuangxi, you are not familiar with this road, and you can't see clearly at night, so let's come, wait until dawn, you will change me." ”

Li Guo knew that Gao Ligong was telling the truth, and the most important thing now was to leave the county as soon as possible, the farther away the better, and there was no dispute at the moment, just ran to the car and used his footsteps to find out if there were any obstacles on the road.

Gao Ligong is familiar with the road, and the flatbed truck walks fast, but it makes a "squeak" sound, as if it is about to fall apart at any time, and what is even more annoying is that this sound can be heard far away in a quiet night.

Fortunately, there are no big villages nearby, and there are no night walkers in the wilderness on this cold winter night.

After walking for more than ten miles, it was already a mountain road, the mountain was gradually steep, Gao Ligong was already extremely difficult to pull the flatbed, Li Guo slowed down, and Gao Ligong each held a handlebar, and the two worked together, and the flatbed truck was fast again.

I don't know how long it took, a white circle of light appeared in the east, this light worked hard for a long time, it was always difficult to break free from the shackles of darkness, but was swallowed by the darkness, the sky seemed to shake, and the light finally broke through the darkness, the range became larger and brighter.

With the help of the light, Li Hongji faintly saw a column of mist constantly gushing out of Gao Ligong's head, and knew that it was caused by sweat condensing in the air, "Meritorious, double happiness, rest for a while!" ”

"No," Gao Ligong flatly refused, "there is a market town near here, and once it is bright, there will be more pedestrians," he looked up at the sky, "first climb over this hill, leave this market town, and then find a hidden woods to rest for a while." ”

Gao Ligong often walked this road when he went home, he was naturally familiar with it, and Li Hongji was not easy to argue, so he had to watch the mist on his head get thicker and thicker.

After crossing this hill and going downhill for three or four miles, the flatbed truck slowed down, and Gao Ligong and Li Guo pulled the flatbed out of the mountain road, hidden in a dense forest, and with the help of a cluster of thorns, it was completely invisible from the mountain road.

"Double happiness, I often walk this road, there are too many acquaintances, you go to the town behind to buy some breakfast!" Gao Ligong took out a few copper coins from his arms, handed them to Li Guo, and explained the route he walked, "There is no market town in front of us, and it is inconvenient for us to go to the mountain people's houses to ask for food, so buy more early, and even prepare lunch together, dinner is not needed, and we should be able to get home before dark." ”

Li Guo took the copper coin and went down the mountain according to the route designated by Gao Ligong, while Gao Ligong untied the padded jacket on his body, lifted his underwear again, and let the cold wind pour directly into it.

"Meritorious, you'll catch a cold like this," Li Hongji couldn't help it, for his own sake, Gao Ligong was out of the way, he couldn't wait to get up and pull a flatbed truck for Gao Ligong, but his current body was ...... The result was just a deep sigh: "Hey......"

"Hongji don't worry, I grew up in the mountains since I was a child, and I am not so delicate!" Gao Ligong smiled, he simply took off his underwear, wrung out the water, spread it on a flatbed truck to dry, and directly put the cotton jacket on his body.

Li Guo brought back a large bag of breakfast, and poured a pot of water, the three of them ate early, rested for a while, and continued to hurry.

There were not many pedestrians along the way, but the mountain road was rugged and difficult, and the uphill and downhill slopes were continuous, until Shenshi, when you saw some low, messy houses in the valley.

Gao Ligong stopped the flatbed truck, and together with Li Guo, he helped Li Hongji up, and the two of them took Li Hongji's arms and staggered to a house in the westernmost direction.

It is a three-room thatched house with a mud wall, the double door is grayish-white, it must be some years old, the mud on the walls is pale yellow, apparently it has not been built very long, and the thatch on the roof is also quite flat.

On the left and right sides of the house are unknown trees, thicker than a wooden basin, as thin as the mouth of a bowl, on the side away from the mountain road, there is a thin bamboo forest, verdant, a little green among the dead trees, the bamboo forest extends to the back of the house, and the size of the area is not visible.

Gao Ligong took Li Hongji's arm with one hand and stretched out his other hand to knock on the door.

"Who?" It is a woman's voice, unpretentious, not branched, only two words, but Li Hongji can't hear the woman's age.

The door opened, a woman wearing a Xuanyi and Xuanxi practice clothes, standing in the door, the woman swept Emei lightly, did not apply powder, and held a swing bun on her head, seeing Gao Ligong supporting a strange man, she frowned slightly, "Big brother ......"

"This is my second sister!" After Gao Ligong introduced Li Hongji's uncle and nephew, he said to the woman: "Hongji is my brother, and now he is a little injured and needs to recuperate, you go and clean up an empty house." ”

"Yes, big brother." The woman let go of the door, glanced at Li Hongji again, a strange expression appeared on her face, paused for a while, and then turned back to the back room.

Gao Ligong first carried Li Hongji into the hall and let him lie on a long wooden bench, "Hongji will wait here for a while, wait for the second sister to clean up the empty room, and then go in to rest." ”

Li Hongji's body was inconvenient to move, but he still reluctantly arched his hand, "I have to thank your second sister." ”

Gao Ligong closed the door, turned back and sat down on the wooden chair beside Li Hongji, "Hongji is inconvenient, so don't be polite," and let Li Guo sit down on the wooden chair on the right side, "Shuangxi is not an outsider, don't be polite, just take care of yourself." ”

Li Hongji felt a little uneasy in his heart, Li Guo was a guest after all, it was impossible to stay too long, he was now incapacitated, and he needed someone to take care of him, "Meritorious, during this time, I want to disturb your family!" ”

"It's okay, I only have the second sister and the third brother in my family, they are all very wild, especially my third brother, I wish there were guests at home every day!" Gao Ligong smiled, and when he saw the second sister coming, he asked, "It's sorted out so quickly?" ”

"Big brother's guest, the sister naturally has to be careful," the woman gave Gao Ligong a white look, "The big brother is still saying bad things about me in front of the guests!" Seeing Li Hongji lying on the wooden bench like a big sand turtle, he smiled unconsciously, "It's just that the humble house is simple, I'm afraid I will snub the distinguished guests!" ”

Li Hongji was lying on the wooden bench, and had to bow his head to the side, "Meritorious sister, I'm a person in distress, where can I take care of the simple?" "Seeing that the woman was wearing fat bloomers, it was estimated that she was a heroine or something, "Before I entered the house just now, I saw that it was a valley, bamboo and trees were forested, and hundreds of birds gathered, it was really a quiet place, whether it was reading or practicing martial arts, it was a good scene!" ”

"You're also a martial artist?" The woman smiled slightly, and pointed at Li Hongji with her hand, "Ao, I understand, it must have been a fight and someone was injured!" ”